BC HEALTH COSTS CASE
July 1st, 2005
BY MONICA DOBIEA BRITISH Columbia, Canada, judge has thrown out an application by several foreign tobacco manufacturers to be exempted from the provincial government's lawsuit to recover smoking-associated medical costs. JTI-Macdonald Corp, BAT Industries plc, British American Tobacco (Investments) Ltd, Carreras Rothmans Ltd, Philip Morris Inc, Philip Morris International, Inc, RJReynolds Tobacco Company, RJ Reynolds Tobacco International Inc, Rothmans International Research Division and Ryesekks plc have been cited in the case and are based, for the most part, ...
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